tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13437119.post2188922217997444378..comments2024-03-01T13:51:47.721+05:30Comments on Reality, one bite at a time: U.S. sees rising Indian influence in Afghanistan as problemSiddharth Varadarajanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07721228307097170092noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13437119.post-69996755629031761112009-09-28T09:48:04.374+05:302009-09-28T09:48:04.374+05:30US murmurs against India is probably to convince P...US murmurs against India is probably to convince Pak to invade South Wazirastan and act decisively against Taliban which Pak is unwilling to carry out for because of its problem with transferring troops from the Indian front - <br /><br />From the recent article <a href="http://www.nybooks.com/articles/23113" rel="nofollow">Afghanistan impasse</a><br /><br /><br />"....Pakistan's generals made it abundantly clear that they will not invade South Waziristan for the moment. "It's going to take months" to launch a ground offensive, the senior commander in the area, Lieutenant General Nadeem Ahmad, told reporters after meeting with Holbrooke on August 18...."<br /><br />.."Senior Pakistani officials say they will only be able to adopt a new strategy against the Taliban when India changes its current policy toward Pakistan and Kashmir. In Swat the army succeeded because it made use of Pakistani troops transferred from the Indian border, where 80 percent of the army is based. The key to launching a Pakistani offensive in the tribal areas is for the Americans to help improve Pakistan's relations with New Delhi, so that the army can move more of its troops to the Afghan border...."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13437119.post-86559399426198276762009-09-22T23:50:04.766+05:302009-09-22T23:50:04.766+05:30I guess, the US will probably ask India to tone do...I guess, the US will probably ask India to tone down its presence in Afghanistan by closing some consulates near the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com